i also want to thank national press club newsmakers chair, ron, club staff, joanne, and the engineering staff, and our organizing team of rebecca vanderland, richard mann, jamie, and i want to introduce my wife, dr. patburg, who researches cancer at george washington medical center. if you'd raise your hand, pat. both of our outstanding members will speak 10 to 15 minutes and then we'll ask one questions. the event will be one hour. we'll go first with dr. price and then congressman van hollen. dr. price. >> thank you, bob, so much. good morning to you all. great to be with you and great to be with my colleague and friend, chris van hollen, as we discuss remarkably important issues of the day on a very exciting day. the state of the union is always an exciting day, as the new administration, this re-election of an administration comes and outlies their plan for the future. i want to thank the national press club for this opportunity on what is truly weighty, weighty issues as we talk about budget, fiscal policy and the like and it's tough to talk about these numbers and have them make s